Leadership through service

How to Write Songs for Film and TV Workshop

With guest speaker seasoned Nashville songwriter Janey Street

Date and Time: May 2, 3 p.m. - 5 p.m.Location: The Madison Theatre at Molloy CollegePrice: Free for Molloy Students, and $20 for everyone elseWorkshop is limited to twenty seats

Singer songwriter Janey Street has recorded albums for Warner Brothers/Reprise, Capitol Records and Arista Records (under the guidance of legendary music mogul Clive Davis). Her single "Under the Clock" was a top 20 AC hit. The video also received frequent airplay on VH-1. Her single "Say Hello To Ronnie" was also a Billboard charter, making the pop charts. Recently, Janey self-released her blues album "The Street Less Traveled".

The Workshop

Topics include:

How is music used in a scene?

Cues, source cues, end title songs, beginning title songs and feature songs, etc

The collaborative process in filmmaking

The do's and don'ts of writing on spec and pitching to music supervisors

Deals, sync licenses and royalties

Post-production and deadlines

Opportunity:In addition, the workshop will feature a live critique and Pitch session! All participants can bring any song they feel can work for film and TV or any song they would like to be critiqued. If Street hears a song that works well for Film and TV, she will pass it on to her film and TV song plugger.